Moth-ball bag or container



Apt 31 22 TV-1:924- A. L JORDAN MOTH BALL BAG OR CONTAINER Filed April 13. 192;

avwmtoz 5 ABRAHAM I. JORDAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOTH-BALL BAG on CONTAINER.

Application filed April 18, 1921. Serial No. 460,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM 1. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moth-Ball Bags or Containers, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to what are known as moth ball bags or containers and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive, and which may .be suspended from a hook or other support in a wardrobe, closet or any otherplaoe or compartment. in which garments or any other articles subject to the ravages ofmoths are stored or suspended, and with. this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specifications of which the accompanying drawing forms a part," and in which- Fig. '1 is a side view of a bag or other container involving my invention;

Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the bottom portion of the bag or container only, and also showing a modification; and

Fig. 4 a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

My improved moth ball bag or contalner is shown at a, and is shown in the form of a bag the length of which is greater than the depth, but the shape or form of said bag or.

container may be varied as desired, and the depth may be equal to or greater than the length thereof.

The ba or container is composed of any suitable nely perforated or other open work material and may be composed of thin sheet metal perforated, or of wire mesh, but I prefer to form it of open-work fibrous material treated so as to give the material a certain degree of rigidity, while rendering it flexible and slightly elastic.

The bag or container consists of a single sheet of material folded centrally as at a to form two side portions a which are brought together at a to form the top of the bag or container, and the end or side edge portions of the sheet thus folded, as well as the top edge portions thereof, are stitched together at a to form a closed bag or container, and in this operation said end portions or side edge portions and the top edge portions .are also a binding a. r

The operation of folding the sheet of material as herein described and binding or connecting the end or side edge portions thereof forms at the opposite ends of the bag or container and at the bottom thereof downwardly directedtpockets or receptacles a, in the form of construction shown, said pockets or receptacles being simple incidents preferably provided with of the method describedof forming the bag orc-ontainer, but the operation referred to may be so carried out as to avoid theforma- 'tion of the pockets or receptacles a7.

In oneside of the top portion of the bag or container is an aperture 6 which is prefsaid aperture is to permit ofthe insertion of moth balls'c, any desired number, of'which erably semi-elliptical in form, and theedges may be placed in said bag or container, and. instead of moth ballssmallbodies of other material having the same qualities of the moth balls and of any desired form may be inserted intothe bag or container through said aperture. At the back of said aperture and within the bag or container is suspended a shield or door member 6 which is adapted to close or partially close the aperture and to prevent the discharge therethrough of the balls 0 in the manipulation of the bag or container after said balls have been passed thereinto, and said shield is composed of the same material as the bag or container and is secured between the top edges of the side portions thereof, and in the construction shown, is reinforced at the back thereof by a narrow strip 6 also secured between the top edges of the side portions of said bag or container.

Secured to the top of the bag or container and in any desired way is a flexible strap or hanger d, loop shaped in form, and the ends of which may be carried down into the bag or container and form the reinforcement 5 of the shield 6 I also preferably place in the bottom of the bag or container a reinforcingand strengthening strip or bar 6 made of wood or other fibrous material, and this reinforcing strip or bar is also employed in the construction shown in Fig. 3 which differs from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 only in the employment of reinforcing covering f for the bottom portion of the bag or container and which is preferably composed of cloth or other fibrous material.

In the use of this device or these devices any desired number thereof may be suspended from a hook, nail or other support in a closet, wardrobe or other compartment containing garments of any kind.

or any material subject to the ravages of moths or other insects, and one bag or more may be suspended from another by passing the suspending loop member d of one through the loop member of'another.

My invention is not limited to the exact details of construction and form herein shown and described, nor to any specific material and changes therein and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, that which I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A moth ball container of the class described comprising a bag composed of openwork material, the edges of said bag being bound and the top part of said bag having an aperture through which moth balls may be inserted into the bag, and the bottom of said bag being provided with reinforcing material.

2. A moth ball container of the class described comprising a bag composed of openwork material, the edges of said bag being bound, the top part of said bag having an aperture through which moth balls may be inserted into the bag, and means for reinforcing the bottom portion of the bag.

3. A moth ball container of the class described, substantially of bag formation and composed of openwork material, means for reinforcing and finishing the edges of the material of said bag, means whereby moth balls may be inserted into the bag, and a rod adapted to be placed in and to extend longitudinally of the bag to retain said bag in predetermined shape.

4:. A moth ball container of the class described, substantially of bag formation and composed of openwork material, means for reinforcing and finishing the edges of the material of said bag, means whereby moth balls may be inserted into the bag, a rod adapted to be placed in and to extend longitudinally of the bag to retain said bag in predetermined shape, and a shield secured to the bottom portion of the bag.

5. A moth ball container of the class described, substantially of bag formation and composed of openwork material, means for reinforcing and finishing the edges of the material of said bag, means whereby moth balls may be inserted into the bag, a rod adapted to be placed in and to extend longitudinally of the bag to retain said bag in predetermined shape, a shield secured to the bottom portion of thebag, and means centrally of the upper edge of the bag for suspending the same from a suitable support. v

In testimony that I' claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 11th day of April, 1921.

ABRAHAM I. JORDAN.

Witnesses:

C. D. LINZEL, H. E. THOMPSON. 

